A SPECIAL scroll marking the RNLI's 200 years of saving lives at sea has arrived in Largs.

The lifeboat charity's Connecting Communities team arrived at Largs with the special scroll, where they were met by lifeboat volunteers alongside members of coastguard rescue teams from the district.

It was signed by representatives from the management group, the crew, the lifeboat shop and community fundraisers.

The RNLI 200 Scroll represents the RNLI’s One Crew, with a single person being nominated from each area within the lifeboat station to sign the scroll on behalf of their community.

The scroll spells out the commitment made as volunteers and staff to honour RNLI founder Sir William Hillary’s mission almost 200 years ago to save lives at sea.

Created by RNLI craftspeople using materials of significance to the charity, the wooden handle were made by a carpenter from the RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat centre in Poole, where the charity builds and maintains its all-weather lifeboats.

Staff and apprentices from the RNLI’s Inshore Lifeboat Centre, on the Isle of Wight, made the protective fibreglass casing and carefully set the scroll spindles and accessories into the case.

The scroll is being taken on a tour of the UK, visiting every region and country with an RNLI presence, until October. 

It will then be displayed as a promise from those connected with the RNLI in its 200th year to the next generation of lifesavers who will continue the charity's mission.